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OFFICERS,   COMMITTEES 


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OFFICERS,  1916  /  ■?/(/ 


Marvin  Hughitt 

Pzrs^  Vice-President  Second  Vice-President 

Thomas  D.  Jones  Robert  Forsyth 

Secretary 

Walter  B.  Smith 

Treasurer  Librarian 

William  J.  Louderback  Clement  W.  Andrews 


BOARD  OF  DIRECTORS 


Robert  T.  Lincoln  Robert  Forsyth 

Frank  S.  Johnson  Chauncey  Keep 

Marvin  Hughitt  Frederick  H.  Rawson 

Thomas  D.  Jones  Albert  A.  Sprague  II 

John  J.  Mitchell  Walter  B.  Smith 

Leonard  A.  Busby  Chauncey  B.  Borland 

William  Hale  Thompson,  Mayor  of  Chicago,  ex  officio 
Eugene  R.  Pike,  Comptroller  of  Chicago,  ex-officio 


STANDING  COMMITTEES 


Finance 


John  J.  Mitchell 
Chauncey  Keep  Marvin  Hughitt 

A  dm  in  is  t  rat  ion 

Leonard  A.  Busby 

Frederick  H.  Rawson  Albert  A.  Sprague  II 

Buildings  and  Grounds 

Robert  Forsyth 

Chauncey  Keep  Thomas  D.  Jones 

Chauncey  B.  Borland,  associate  member 

Books 

Frank  S.  Johnson 

Thomas  D.  Jones  Robert  Forsyth 


DIRECTORS,  1894-1916 


Norman  Williams 1894 — 1899* 

Huntington  W.  Jackson          -        -        -  1894— 1901* 

Marshall  Field            1894 — 1906* 

E.  W.  Blatchford 1894 — 1914* 

T.  B.  Blackstone            1894 — 1899! 

Robert  T.  Lincoln 1894 — 

Henry  W.  Bishop            1894 — 1913* 

Edward  G.  Mason      -----  1894 — 1895! 

Albert  Keep 1894 — 1907* 

Edson  Keith 1894— 1896* 

Simon  J.  McPherson 1894— 1899! 

John  M.  Clark 1894—1916! 

George  A.  Armour         -        .        -        -        -  1894— 1899! 

Frank  S.Johnson 1896 — 

Peter  Stenger  Grosscup     -        .        -        -  1897 — 1916! 

Arthur  J.  Caton 1900 — 1904'' 

Marvin  Hughitt 1900 — 

Thomas  D.  Jones 1900 — 

John  J.  Mitchell 1900 — 

Leonard  A.  Busby 1901 — 

Robert  Forsyth     ---.--  igo5 — 

Chauncey  Keep 1906 — 

Frederick  H.  Rawson           .        -        .        .  igoS — 

Albert  A.  Sprague  U      -        -        -        -  1914 — 

Walter  B.  Smith -  1914 — 

Chauncey  B.  Borland      ...       -  1916 — 

♦Deceased  tResigned 


OFFICERS,  1895-1916 


Presidents 


Norman  Williams        .....  1895 — 1899 

Huntington  W.  Jackson        ...  1900 — 1901 

Peter  Stenger  Grosscup  -       -        -        -  1901 — 1913 

Marvin  Hughitt 19 14 — 

First  Vice-Presidents 

Edward  G.  Mason 1895 

Huntington  W.  Jackson    ...       -  1896— 1900 

Peter  Stenger  Grosscup       ...  1900 — 1901 

Henry  W.  Bishop 1901— 1910 

Thomas  D.  Jones 1911 — 

Second  Vice-Presidents 

Marshall  Field 1895 — 1899 

Peter  Stenger  Grosscup       ...  1899— 1900 

Henry  W.  Bishop 1900 — 1901 

Thomas  D.  Jones 1901— 1911 

Robert  Forsyth 1911 — 

Secretaries 

George  A.  Armour          ....  1895 — 1900 

Arthur  J.  Caton 1900 — 1904 

Leonard  A.  Busby 1905— 1915 

Walter  B.  Smith 1915 — 

Treasurer 

William  J.  Louderback      ...       -  1895 — 

Librarian 

Clement  W.  Andrews     ....  1895 — 


BY-LAWS 

Adopted,  October  8,  1898,  as  a  substitute  for  the  By-Laws  originally 
adopted  January  12,  1895.  Amended,  November  26,  1901;  April  18,  1907. 
April  16,  1908;  June  15,  1916. 

MEETINGS 


Section  i.  The  regular  meeting  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
which  shall  be  held  on  the  third  Thursday  in  January  in  each 
year,  shall  be  the  annual  meeting  of  the  Corporation  of  The 
John  Crerar  Library,  at  which  meeting  the  officers  of  the  Cor- 
poration shall  be  elected,  and  such  other  business  transacted  as 
may  be  properly  brought  before  the  meeting. 

Section  2.  Regular  meetings  of  the  Board  shall  be  held  on 
the  third  Thursday  of  the  months  of  January,  April,  June,  and 
October,  in  each  year,  at  such  time  and  place  as  may  be  fixed 
by  the  Board  from  time  to  time. 

At  such  meetings  and  at  all  special  meetings,  five  members  of 
the  Board  shall  constitute  a  quorum.  In  the  absence  of  a 
quorum  at  any  such  meeting,  an  adjournment  to  a  fixed  day 
may  be  made  by  any  number  present. 

Section  3.  Special  meetings  of  the  Board  may  be  held  at 
the  request  of  the  President  or  any  two  Directors,  and  the  notice 
of  such  meeting  shall  recite  such  request  and  the  object  for 
which  the  meeting  is  called. 

Section  4.  Meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee  and  of 
the  Standing  Committees  shall  be  held  upon  call  of  their  respec- 
tive Chairmen,  upon  notice  to  be  determined  by  each  committee; 
and  at  the  meetings  of  the  Executive  Committee  three  members, 
and  at  the  meetings  of  the  Standing  Committees  two  members, 
shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Section  5.  Notices  in  writing  of  all  meetings  of  the  Board 
shall  be  given  by  the  Secretary  to  each  Director,  by  mailing  the 
same  to  his  address,  not  less  than  ten  days  before  any  regular 
meeting,  and  not  less  than  two  days  before  any  special  or 
adjourned  meeting. 

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Annual 
Meeting 


Regular 
Meetings 
of  Board 


Quorums 

and 

Adjournments 


Special 
Meetings 
of  Board 


Committee 
Meetings 
and  Quorums 


Notices 

of  Meetings 


Officers  — 
How  Elected 
and  Terms 


Appointees 
of  the  Board 


Vacancies  — 
How  Filled 


Compensation 
of  Appointees 


Standing 
Committees 


Executive 
Committee 


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OFFICERS 

Section  6.  The  ofificers  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  a  Presi- 
dent, a  First  Vice-President,  a  Second  Vice-President,  and  a 
Secretary,  who  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  from  the  Directors, 
to  hold  ofifice  for  one  year,  and  until  their  successors  are  elected 
and  qualified. 

There  shall  also  be  appointed  by  the  Board  a  Treasurer  and 
a  Librarian  —  either  of  whom  may  or  may  not  be  a  Director — 
and  such  other  agents  or  employees  from  time  to  time,  as  may 
be  deemed  necessary.  All  such  appointees  shall  hold  their 
positions,  respectively,  during  the  pleasure  of  the  Board. 

Section  7.  Vacancies  among  the  ofificers  or  in  the  Board, 
or  in  the  position  of  Treasurer  or  Librarian,  may  be  filled  by  the 
Board  at  any  regular  or  special  meeting,  provided  notice  of  the 
proposed  action  be  contained  in  the  call  for  such  meeting. 

Vacancies  in  the  Board  shall  be  filled  by  election  subject  to 
the  approval  of  the  Chief  Justice,  for  the  time  being,  of  the 
Supreme  Court  of  Illinois.  Whenever  any  Director  shall  be 
elected  to  fill  any  vacancy,  a  certificate  under  the  seal  of  the 
Corporation  giving  the  name  of  the  person  elected  shall  be 
recorded  in  the  olifice  of  the  Recorder  of  Deeds,  where  the 
articles  of  incorporation  are  recorded,  as  provided  in  Paragraph 
24,  Chapter  81,  Hurd's  Revised  Statutes  of  Illinois  (1905  edition). 

Section  8.  The  compensation  of  Treasurer  and  Librarian 
shall  be  fixed  by  the  Board.  The  compensation  of  all  other 
agents  and  employees  shall  be  fixed  by  the  Committee  on 
Administration,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Board. 

Section  9.  The  following  shall  be  the  Standing  Commit- 
tees to  be  elected  by  the  Board  at  the  annual  meeting: 

A  Committee  on  Finance, 

A  Committee  on  Administration, 

A  Committee  on  Buildings  and  Grounds,  and 

A  Committee  on  Books, 
each  to  consist  of  three  members. 

There  shall  also  be  an  Executive  Committee,  of  which  the 
President  shall  be  the  Chairman,  and  which  shall  consist  of  the 
Chairmen  of  the  Standing  Committees  above  named. 

Section  10,  During  the  absence  from  Chicago,  or  other 
inability  to  act,  of  any  Chairman  of  any  Standing  Committee, 


BY-LAWS  9 

the  next  member  of   such   Committee   in  regular   order  who  is 
available  shall  act  as  Chairman  and  as  a  member  of  the  Execu-      Absence  of 
tive  Committee;  and  in  case  of   the   absence  or  disability  of  any      coTmhuel 
member  of  a  Standing  Committee,  the   President   may  appoint 
any  member  of  the  Board   to  serve  as  a  member  of  such  Com- 
mittee until  such  absence  or  disability  shall  cease. 

PRESIDENT 

Section  ii.  The  President  shall  be  the  chief  executive 
officer  of  the  Corporation  and  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the  Board.  Powlrrand 
He  shall  execute  all  such  instruments  on  behalf  of  the  Corporation  ^"*'«^ 
as  are  not  specified  by  the  by-laws  to  be  executed  by  some 
other  officer  or  by  some  member  of  the  Standing  Committee  of 
the  Corporation.  He  shall  be  ex-of^cio  a  member  of  each  of  the 
Standing  Committees  and  Chairman  of  the  Executive  Committee, 
and  shall  have  power  to  enforce  all  by-laws,  regulations,  and 
orders,  and  to  suspend  at  any  time  any  agent  or  employee  of 
the  Corporation,  and,  with  the  approval  of  the  Executive  Com- 
mittee, to  remove  such  agent  or  employee,  and  shall  perform  all 
other  duties  from  time  to  time  assigned  to  him. 

He  shall  make  in  the  month  of  January  in  each  year,  under 
the  direction  of  the  Board,  a  report  to  the  Governor  of  the  State 
for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day  of  December  preceding,  of 
the  condition  of  the  Library  and  of  the  funds  and  other  property 
of  the  Corporation,  showing  the  assets  and  investments  of  such 
Corporation  in  detail,  as  provided  in  Paragraph  24,  Chapter  81, 
Hurd's  Revised  Statutes  of  Illinois  (1905  edition). 

VICE-PRESIDENTS 

Section  12.  The  powers  and  duties  of  the  Prej-ident  shall, 
in  his  absence  or  inability  to  act,  devolve  upon  the  Vice-Presi- 
dents in  their  order,  and  in  the  absence  or  inability  to  act  of 
both  Vice-Presidents,  upon  the  Chairmen  of  the  Standing  Com- 
mittees in  the  order  named  in  Section  9. 


Vice-Presidents 
—  Powers  and 
Duties 


SECRETARY 


Section   13.     The  Secretary  shall  keep  a  faithful  record  of 
all  meetings  of  the  Board,    have   the   custody  of  the  corporate     secretary- 
seal  and  of  all  papers  and  documents  relating  to  the  Corporation,      ^"^"'^ 


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to  be  kept  in  a  place  designated  by  the  Board,  sign  the  call  of 
all  meetings  of  the  Board,  and  execute  such  documents  as  require 
his  signature  and  the  seal,  when  authorized  by  the  Board,  and 
shall  perform  all  other  duties  from  time  to  time  assigned  to  him. 


Treasurer  — 
Duties 


Librarian  — 
Duties 


TREASURER 

Section  14.  The  Treasurer  shall  be  the  financial  officer  of 
the  Corporation,  and,  under  the  direction  of  the  Committee  on 
Finance,  shall  have  the  custody  and  control  of  all  its  funds  and 
securities,  and  deposit  them  in  such  banks  or  depositories  as 
may  be  designated  by  the  Board,  and  shall  sign  all  checks,  drafts, 
and  other  papers  requiring  the  payment  of  money,  when  duly 
countersigned,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  be 
from  time  to  time  assigned  to  him.  He  shall  give  bond  in  such 
amount  and  with  such  surety  as  shall  be  approved  by  the  Board. 

He  shall  prepare  for  consideration  at  the  annual  meeting  of 
the  Corporation  a  statement  of  the  probable  income  for  the 
ensuing  year  and  the  expenditures  recommended  by  the  Stand- 
ing Committees. 

LIBRARIAN 

Section  15.  The  Librarian,  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Committee  on  Administration,  shall  have  the  charge  of  the 
Library  and  of  the  conduct  of  its  administration,  and  of  all 
agents  and  employees  therein,  and  shall  carry  out  the  policies 
adopted  by  the  Board  in  regard  to  the  management  of  the 
Library  and  the  nature  and  quality  of  its  accessions,  and  shall 
perform  all  other  duties  from  time  to  time  assigned  to  him. 


Committee 
on  Finance 


COMMITTEES 

Section  16.  The  Committee  on  Finance  shall  have  general 
direction  and  control  of  the  funds  and  property  of  the  Corpora- 
tion. The  Treasurer  shall  report  to  this  Committee  a  monthly 
statement  of  balances  on  hand,  and  all  other  matters  connected 
with  the  investments  as  well  as  property  and  finances  of  the 
Corporation.  Sales  of  securities,  investments,  and  reinvestments 
of  all  funds  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  made  only  under  the 
direction  and  approval  of  this  Committee  or  by  direction  of  the 
Board. 


BY-LAWS 


II 


The  accounts  of  the  Treasurer  and  the  securities,  funds,  and 
property  of  the  Corporation  shall  be  examined  and  verified  by 
this  Committee  at  such  times  during  each  year  as  the  Com- 
mittee may  deem  expedient,  or  as  shall  be  designated  by  the 
Board,  and  a  report  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  Corporation 
made  at  each  meeting  of  the  Board. 

Section  17.  The  Committee  on  Adminstration  shall  have 
charge  of  the  administration  of  the  Library  and  all  personal 
property  connected  therewith,  and  shall  have  the  supervision  of 
all  agents  and  employees  in  the  administration  of  the  Library, 
and  shall  consider  and  recommend  to  the  Board  for  approval  all 
appointments  in  the  working  force  of  the  Library,  and  all 
changes  deemed  advisable  therein,  and  also  in  the  methods  of 
the  administration  of  the  Library. 

Section  18.  The  Committee  on  Buildings  and  Grounds 
shall  have  charge  of  the  real  estate  and  buildings  of  the  Cor- 
poration, the  adjustment  and  payment  of  all  assessments  and 
insurance  upon  the  same,  and  the  execution  and  supervision 
of  all  leases  and  shall  have  supervision  and  control  of  the 
erection  and  maintenance  of  and  alterations  in  all  buildinsfs  and 
negotiations  and  contracts  involved  therein,  as  authorized  by 
the  Board,  and  shall  recommend  to  the  Board  for  appoint- 
ment, architects,  superintendents,  and  contractors. 

Section  19.  The  Committee  on  Books  shall  have  charge  of 
the  selection,  purchase,  binding,  and  repair  of  all  accessions  to 
the  Library,  within  the  limits  of  the  appropriations  made  by  the 
Board,  and  in  accordance  with  their  directions.  They  shall  have 
power  to  dispose,  by  sale  or  otherwise,  of  duplicates  and  of 
accessions  which  are  not  within  the  lines  fixed  by  the  Board. 

Section  20.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  exercise  all 
the  powers  of  the  Board,  subject  to  its  approval,  in  matters 
requiring  action  between  the  meetings  of  the  Board,  and  shall 
also  make  such  recommendations  as  it  may  deem  advisable  for 
the  consideration  of  the  Board  and  the  Standing  Committees. 

Section  21.  All  moneys  shall  be  deposited  in  a  bank  or 
banks,  to  be  designated  by  the  Board,  to  the  credit  of  "The 
John  Crerar  Library,"  and  shall  be  drawn  out  only  by  checks 
signed  by  the  Treasurer,  a,nd  countersigned  by  the  President, 
or  by  one  of  the  Vice-Presidents,  or  by  a  member  of  the  Com- 


Committee 
on  Adminis- 
tration 


Committee 
on  Buildings 
and  Grounds 


Committee 
on  Books 


Executive 
Committee 


Deposits 
and  Checks 


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Securities — 
Assignments 
and  Transfers 


Permanent 

Endowment 

Fund 


Ex-Officio 
Members 


By-Laws  — 
Amended  or 
Repealed 


mittee  on  Finance.  In  the  event  of  the  absence  or  inabiHty  to 
act  of  the  Treasurer,  the  checks  shall  be  signed  by  any  member 
of  the  Committee  on  Finance,  and  in  the  event  of  the  absence 
or  inability  to  act  of  the  Treasurer  and  all  the  members  of  the 
Committee  on  Finance,  then  by  any  member  of  the  other 
Standing  Committees,  in  the  order  named  in  Section  9;  and 
checks  so  signed  shall  be  countersigned  by  the  President  or  one 
of  the  Vice-Presidents;  provided  that  the  Committee  on  Finance 
may  empower  the  Treasurer  to  open  an  account  in  his  name  as 
Treasurer,  to  which  account  such  amounts  may  be  transferred 
from  time  to  time  by  checks  drawn  to  the  order  of  the  Treas- 
urer, as  may  be  necessary  to  meet  the  current  monthly  expenses 
of  the  Library,  and  all  checks  on  such  Treasurer's  account  shall 
be  signed  by  the  Treasurer  alone;  and  said  Committee  on 
Finance  shall,  from  time  to  time,  fix  the  amount  so  to  be  trans- 
ferred to  the  Treasurer's  account,  and  shall  designate  the  bank 
or  banks  at  which  such  account  shall  be  kept. 

Section  22.  All  assignments  or  transfers  of  shares  of 
stock,  bonds,  or  notes  authorized  to  be  executed  by  the  Board 
or  by  the  Committee  on  Finance  shall  be  executed  by  the  Treas- 
urer and  by  a  member  of  the  Committee  on  Finance. 

Section  23.  The  total  bequest  received  from  the  Trustees 
of  the  Estate  of  John  Crerar  for  the  establishment  of  the  Library 
shall  be  set  apart  as  a  Permanent  Endowment  Fund,  and  shall 
never  be  impaired  nor  encroached  upon.  This  fund  may  be 
increased  by  adding  thereto  such  portion  of  the  surplus  revenues, 
or  funds  received  from  other  sources,  as  the  Board  by  a  majority 
vote  at  any  regular  annual  meeting  of  the  Corporation  may 
determine. 

Section  24.  The  Mayor  and  Comptroller  of  the  City  of 
Chicago  shall  be  ex-ofificio  members  of  the  Board  of  Directors 
of  The  John  Crerar  Library. 

Section  25.  These  By-Laws  may  be  amended  or  repealed 
by  an  affirmative  vote  of  not  less  than  seven  members  of  the 
Board  at  any  regular  or  special  meeting,  provided  that  notice  of 
such  proposed  action  shall  be  included  by  the  Secretary  in  the 
call  for  the  meetincr. 


RECORD  OF  ORGANIZATION 

An  Act  to  encourage  and  promote  the  establishment   of 

FREE    PUBLIC    LIBRARIES    IN    CITIES,    VILLAGES,    AND    TOWNS    OF 

THIS  State 

Section  i.  Be  it  enacted  by  the  People  of  the  State  of  Illinois, 
represented  in  the  General  Assembly:  That  whenever  property, 
real  or  personal,  has  heretofore  been  or  shall  be  devised  or 
bequeathed  by  last  will  and  testament,  or  granted,  conveyed,  or 
donated  by  deed  or  other  instrument,  to  trustees,  to  be  appHed 
by  them  to  the  foundation  and  estabhshment  in  any  of  the  cities, 
villages,  and  towns  of  this  State  of  a  free  pubHc  library,  it  shall 
be  lawful,  when  not  otherwise  provided  in  said  will  or  other 
instrument  of  gift,  for  the  acting  trustees  in  any  such  case,  in 
order  to  promote  the  better  estabhshment,  maintenance,  and 
management  of  such  library,  to  cause  to  be  formed  a  corporation 
under  the  provisions  of  this  Act,  with  the  rights,  powers,  and 
privileges  hereinafter  provided  for. 

Section  2.  Such  acting  trustees  may  make,  sign,  and  acknowl- 
edge before  any  officer  authorized  to  take  acknowledgments  of 
deeds  in  this  state,  and  file  in  the  office  of  Secretary  of  State,  a 
statement  in  writing,  in  which  shall  be  set  forth  the  intent  of  such 
trustees  to  form  a  corporation  under  this  Act;  a  copy  of  the  will 
or  other  instrument  by  which  endowment  of  ^id  Hbrary  has  been 
provided;  the  name  adopted  for  the  proposed  corporation 
(which  shall  not  be  the  name  of  any  other  corporation  already 
existing);  the  city,  village,  or  town  in  which  the  Hbrary  and  the 
principal  place  of  business  of  the  corporation  will  be  located; 
the  number  of  managers  who  may  be  denominated  trustees,  man- 
agers, or  directors  of  the  corporation,  and  the  names  of  the  trus- 
tees, managers,  or  directors  who  are  to  constitute  the  original 
board  of  such  officers,  and  who  shall  hold  until  their  successors 
respectively  are  elected  and  qualified  as  in  this  Act  provided. 

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Section  3.  Upon  the  filing  in  his  office  of  such  a  statement  as 
aforesaid,  the  Secretary  of  State  shall  issue  to  the  incorporators, 
under  his  hand  and  seal  of  state,  a  certificate,  of  which  the  afore- 
said statement  shall  be  a  part,  declaring  that  the  organization  of 
the  corporation  is  perfected.  The  incorporators  shall  thereupon 
cause  such  certificate  to  be  recorded  in  a  proper  record-book  for 
the  purpose  in  the  office  of  the  recorder  of  deeds  of  the  county 
in  which  the  said  library  is  to  be  located;  and  thereupon  the  cor- 
poration shall  be  deemed  fully  organized,  and  may  proceed  to 
carry  out  its  corporate  purposes,  and  may  receive  by  conveyance 
from  the  trustees  under  said  will,  deed,  or  other  instrument  of 
donation,  the  property  provided  by  will  or  otherwise  as  aforesaid 
for  the  endowment  of  said  library,  and  may  hold  the  same  in 
whatever  form  it  may  have  been  received  or  conveyed  by  said 
trustees  until  such  form  shall  be  changed  by  the  action  of  the 
said  corporation. 

Section  4.  Organizations  formed  under  this  Act  shall  be 
bodies  corporate  and  politic,  to  be  known  under  the  names  stated 
in  the  respective  certificates  or  articles  of  incorporation,  and  by 
such  corporate  names  they  shall  have  and  possess  the  ordinary 
rights  and  incidents  of  corporations,  and  shall  be  capable  of  taking, 
holding,  and  disposing  of  real  and  personal  estate  for  the  pur- 
poses of  their  organization.  The  provisions  of  any  will,  deed,  or 
other  instrument  by  which  endowment  is  given  to  said  library  and 
accepted  by  said  trustees,  managers,  or  directors  shall,  as  to  such 
endowment,  be  a  part  of  the  organic  and  fundamental  law  of  such 
corporation.  The  trustees,  managers,  or  directors  of  any  such 
corporation  shall  compose  its  members,  and  shall  not  be  less 
than  seven  nor  more  than  fifteen  in  number;  shall  elect  the  offi- 
cers of  the  corporation  from  their  number,  and  shall  have  control 
and  management  of  its  affairs  and  property;  may  accept  dona- 
tions, and  in  their  discretion  hold  the  same  in  the  form  in  which 
they  are  given  for  all  purposes  of  science,  literature,  and  art 
germane  to  the  object  and  purpose  of  said  corporation.  They 
may  fill  by  election,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  chief  justice 
for  the  time  being,  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Illinois,  vacancies 
occurring  in  their  own  number  by  death,  incapacity,  retirement, 
or  otherwise,  and  may  make  lawful  by-laws  for  the  management 
of  the  corporation  and  of  the  Hbrary,  which  by-laws  shall  set  forth 


RECORD   OF  ORGANIZATION  is 

what  officers  there  shall  be  of  the  corporation,  and  shall  define 
and  prescribe  their  respective  duties.  They  may  appoint  and 
employ,  from  time  to  time,  such  agents  and  employees  as  they 
deem  necessary  for  the  efficient  administration  and  conduct  of 
the  library,  and  other  affairs  of  the  corporation.  Whenever  any 
trustee,  manager,  or  director  shall  be  elected  to  fill  any  vacancy, 
a  certificate  under  the  seal  of  the  corporation,  giving  the  name  of 
the  person  elected,  shall  be  recorded  in  the  office  of  recorder  of 
deeds  where  the  articles  of  incorporation  are  recorded.  When- 
ever, by  the  provisions  of  such  will,  deed,  or  other  instrument  by 
which  endowment  is  created,  the  institution  endowed  is  declared 
to  be  and  is  free  and  pubHc,  the  Hbrary  and  other  property  of 
such  corporation  shall  be  forever  exempt  from  taxation. 

The  trustees,  managers,  or  directors  of  such  corporation  shall, 
in  the  month  of  January  in  each  year,  cause  to  be  made  a  report 
to  the  governor  of  the  state,  for  the  year  ending  on  the  31st  day 
of  December  preceding  of  the  condition  of  the  hbrary  and  of 
the  funds  and  other  property  of  the  corporation,  showing  the 
assets  and  investments  of  such  corporation  in  detail. 

Approved  June  17,  1891. 

STATEMENT  FOR   INCORPORATION 

State  of  Illinois,  1 
County  of  Cook,  J 
To  THE  Hon.  William  H.  Hinrichsen, 

Secretary  of  State. 

Norman  WilHams  and  Huntington  W.  Jackson,  the  acting  trus- 
tees under  the  last  will  and  testament  of  John  Crerar,  deceased, 
which  was  admitted  to  probate  in  the  Probate  Court  of  Cook 
County,  in  the  State  of  IlHnois,  on  the  14th  day  of  November, 
A.D.  1889,  hereby  make  the  following  statement,  to-wit: 

First:  That  it  is  the  intent  of  the  said  Norman  Williams  and 
Huntington  W.  Jackson,  trustees  as  aforesaid  under  the  said  last 
will  and  testament,  to  form,  under  the  Act  of  the  Legislature  of 
the  State  of  Illinois,  entitled  "An  Act  to  encourage  and  pro- 
mote the  establishment  of  free  public  libraries  in  cities,  villages, 
and  towns  in  this  state,"  approved  June  17,  A.D.  1891,  in  force 
July  I,  A.D.  1 89 1,  a  corporation  to  receive  by  conveyance  from 
the  said  trustees  under  the  said  last  will  and  testament  the  prop- 
erty held  in  trust,  under  and  by  virtue  of  said  last  will  and  testa- 
ment of  the  said  John  Crerar,  deceased,  and  in  said  last  will  and 
testament  given,  devised,  and  bequeathed  for  the  erection,  creation, 


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and  maintenance,  and  endowment  of  a  free  public  library,  to  be 
called  "The  John  Crerar  Library,"  to  be  located  in  that  portion 
of  the  City  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  known  as  "The  South  Division," 
said  corporation  being  formed  to  promote  the  better  establish- 
ment, maintenance,  and  management  of  said  Hbrary,  and  to  hold, 
administer,  and  manage  the  said  property  as  the  endowment  of 
the  said  free  public  library,  in  execution  of  the  purpose  and 
intent  declared  by  the  said  last  will  and  testament,  and  of  the 
powers  conferred  by  the  statute  aforesaid. 

A  copy  of  the  said  last  will  and  testament,  by  which  the 
endowment  of  said  Hbrary  has  been  provided,  is  here  set  out, 
and  is  in  the  words  and  figures  following: 

In  the  Name  of  God,  Amen: 

I,  John  Crerar,  of  the  City  of  Chicago,  State  of  Illinois, 
being  of  sound  mind  and  memory,  do  hereby  make,  publish,  and 
declare  this  my  last  will  and  testament  in  the  words  and  figures 
following,  to-wit. 


Item  fiftieth.  Recognizing  the  fact  that  I  have  been  a  resi- 
dent of  Chicago  since  1862,  and  that  the  greater  part  of  my 
fortune  has  been  accumulated  here,  and  acknowledging  with 
hearty  gratitude  the  kindness  which  has  always  been  extended 
to  me  by  my  many  friends,  and  by  my  business  and  social  ac- 
quaintances and  associates,  I  give,  devise,  and  bequeath  all  the 
rest,  remainder,  and  residue  of  my  estate,  both  real  and  personal, 
for  the  erection,  creation,  maintenance,  and  endowment  of  a  free 
public  library,  to  be  called  "The  John  Crerar  Library,"  and 
to  be  located  in  the  City  of  Chicago,  Illinois,  a  preference  being 
given  to  the  South  Division  of  the  city,  inasmuch  as  the  New- 
berry Library  will  be  located  in  the  North  Division.  I  direct  that 
my  executors  and  trustees  cause  an  act  of  incorporation,  under 
the  laws  of  IlUnois,  to  be  procured  to  carry  out  the  purposes  of 
this  bequest,  and  I  request  that  Norman  Williams  be  made  the 
first  president  thereof,  and  that,  in  addition  to  my  executors  and 
trustees,  the  following  named  friends  of  mine  will  act  as  the  first 
board  of  directors  in  such  corporation,  and  aid  and  assist  my 
executors  and  trustees  therein,  namely:  Marshall  Field,  E.  W. 
Blatchford,  T.  B.  Blackstone,  Robert  T.  Lincoln,  Henry  W. 
Bishop,  Edward  G.  Mason,  Albert  Keep,  Edson  Keith,  Simon  J. 
McPherson,  John  M.  Clark,  and  George  A.  Armour,  or  their  sur- 
vivors. I  desire  the  building  to  be  tasteful,  substantial,  and  fire- 
proof, and  that  a  sufficient  fund  be  reserved  over  and  above  the 
cost  of  its  construction  to  provide,  maintain,  and  support  a 
library  for  all  time.     I  desire  the  books  and  periodicals  selected 


RECORD   OF  ORGANIZATION  17 

with  a  view  to  create  and  sustain  a  healthy  moral  and  Christian 
sentiment  in  the  community,  and  that  all  nastiness  and  immorality 
be  excluded.  I  do  not  mean  by  this  that  there  shall  not  be  any- 
thing but  hymn-books  and  sermons,  but  I  mean  that  dirty  French 
novels  and  all  skeptical  trash  and  works  of  questionable  moral 
tone  shall  never  be  found  in  this  hbrary.  I  want  its  atmosphere 
that  of  Christian  refinement,  and  its  aim  and  object  the  building 
up  of  character,  and  I  rest  content  that  the  friends  I  have  named 
will  carry  out  my  wishes  in  these  particulars. 


In  Witness  Whereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  to  this  my 
last  will  and  testament,  consisting  of  eighteen  written  pages,  this 
5th  day  of  August,  A.D.  1886. 

John  Crerar. 

Signed,  pubHshed,  and  declared  by  the  said  John  Crerar,  as 
his  last  will  and  testament  in  the  presence  of  us,  who,  at  his  re- 
quest, in  his  presence,  and  in  the  presence  of  each  other,  have 
hereunto  subscribed  our  names  as  witnesses,  this  5th  day  of 
August,  A.D.  1886.  George  Sturges, 

107  Pine  St.,  Chicago. 

Wm.  F.  Dummer, 

Evanston,  Ills. 

Arthur  D.  Wheeler, 

Kenosha,  Wis. 

Second:  That  the  name  adopted  for  the  said  corporation  is 
The  John  Crerar  Library. 

Third:  That  the  Hbrary  and  the  principal  place  of  business  of 
the  said  corporation  will  be  located  in  the  City  of  Chicago. 

Fourth:  That  the  number  of  managers,  who  shall  be  denomi- 
nated directors,  will  be  thirteen,  and  the  names  of  the  directors 
who  aie  to  constitute  the  original  board  of  such  officers  are  the 
following : 

Norman  Williams,  Huntington  W.  Jackson,  Marshall  Field,  E. 
W.  Blatchford,  T.  B.  Blackstone,  Robert  T.  Lincoln,  Henry  W. 
Bishop,  Edward  G.  Mason,  Albert  Keep,  Edson  Keith,  Simon  J. 
McPherson,  John  M.  Clark,  and  George  A.  Armour. 

In  Witness  Whereof,  the  said  Norman  WiUiams  and  Hunting- 
ton W.  Jackson,  as  trustees,  as  aforesaid,  have  hereunto  set  their 
hands  this  13th  day  of  July,  A.D.  1894. 

Norman  Williams, 
Huntington  W.  Jackson, 

Acting  trustees  of  the  estate  of  John  Crerar,  deceased. 


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State   of   Illinois, 


:s,  1 


ss. 
County  of  Cook, 

I,  William  J.  Louderback,  a  notary  public  in  and  for  the  county 
and  state  aforesaid,  do  hereby  certify  that  on  this  6th  day  of  October, 
A.D.  1894,  personally  appeared  before  me  Norman  Williams,  to  me 
personally  known  to  be  the  same  person  who  executed  the  foregoing 
statement  as  acting  trustee  as  therein  stated,  and  acknowledged  that 
he  executed  the  same  as  such  trustee  for  the  purposes  therein  set  forth. 

In  Witness  Thereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  day 
and  year  above  written. 

[seal.]  William  J.  Louderback, 

Notary  Public. 

ST.A.TE  OF  Illinois,  1  gg 
County  of  Cook,   j 

I,  W.  A.  McLaren,  a  notary  public  in  and  for  the  county  and  state 
aforesaid,  do  hereby  certify  that  on  this  13th  day  of  July,  A.D.  1894, 
personally  appeared  before  me  Huntington  W.  Jackson,  to  me  per- 
sonally known  to  be  the  same  person  who  executed  the  foregoing 
statement  as  acting  trustee  as  therein  stated,  and  acknowledged  that 
he  executed  the  same  as  such  trustee,  for  the  purposes  therein  set  forth. 

In  Witness  Thereof,  I  have  hereunto  set  my  hand  and  seal  the  day 
and  year  above  written. 

[seal.]  W.  a.  McLaren, 

Notaty  Public. 

CERTIFICATE  OF  ORGANIZATION 

STATE  OF  ILLINOIS 

Department  of  State 

WILLIAJVI  H.  HINRICHSEN,  Secretary  of  State. 

To  All  to  Whom  These  Presents  Shall  Come — Greeting:^ 

Whereas,  a  certificate,  duly  signed  and  acknowledged, 
having  been  filed  in  the  ofiice  of  the  Secretary  of  State  on  the 
12th  day  of  October,  A.D.  1894,  for  the  organization  of 

The  John  Crerar  Library, 
under  and  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  "An  act  to 
encourage  and  promote  the  establishment  of  free  public  libraries 
in  cities,  villages,  and  towns  in  this  state,"  approved  June  17, 
1 89 1,  and  in  force  July  i,  1891,  a  copy  of  which  certificate  is 
hereto  attached  and  made  a  part  hereof; 

Now,  therefore,  I,  W^iLLiAM  H.  HiNRiCHSEN,  Secretary  of 
State  of  the  State  of  Illinois,  by  virtue  of  the  powers  and  duties 
vested  in  me  by  law,  do  hereby  certify  that  the  said 

The  John  Crerar  Library 
is  a  legally  organized  corporation  under  the  laws  of  this  state. 


RECORD   OF  ORGANIZATION  19 

In  Testimony  Whereof,  I  hereto  set  my  hand,  and  cause  to  be 
affixed  the  Great  Seal  of  State. 
Done    at    the  City   of   Springfield,    this    12  th    day 
[seal.]  of  October,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  one  thousand 

eight  hundred  and  ninety-four,  and  of  the  inde- 
pendence of  the  United  States  the  one  hundred 
and  nineteenth. 

W.  H.  HiNRICHSEN, 

Secretary  of  State. 

State  of  Illinois,  1  ee  ^    f. 

Cook  County.      ) ''•  ^'"7,i6i 

Filed  for  record  October  13,  1894,  at  11  o'clock  A.  M.,  and  re- 
corded in  Book  67  of  Corp.  Records,  page  5. 

Sam'l  B.  Chase, 

Recorder. 


REGULATIONS 

The  Library  is  a  free  public  reference  library,  open  to  readers  every 
day,  excepting  Sundays,  from  9  a.  m.  to  10  p.  m. 

Satchels,  suit  cases,  bags,  etc.,  must  be  checked  in  the  Cloak  Room. 
Outer  garments,  umbrellas,  and  packages  may  be,  and  in  wet  weather 
must  be  so  checked.  No  charge  is  made  for  the  service.  The  Library 
will  not  hold  itself  responsible  for  unchecked  articles  or  for  any  articles 
left  over  night. 

Books  shelved  in  the  Reading  Room  and  in  the  Senn  Room,  except 
as  noted  below,  may  be  consulted  without  formality,  but  after  use  are 
to  be  left  on  the  tables,  instead  of  being  replaced  on  the  shelves. 

Current  periodicals,  except  those  on  the  Medical  Sciences,  may  be 
consulted  in  the  Periodical  Room,  and  may  be  obtained  for  use  at  the 
tables  in  the  Reading  Rooms  by  presenting  at  the  delivery  desk  serial 
call-slips  properly  filled  out.  Current  medical  periodicals  are  shelved 
in  the  Senn  Room  and  may  be  consulted  there. 

Books  not  shelved  in  the  Reading  Rooms  may  be  obtained  by  pre- 
senting at  the  delivery  desk  book  call-slips  properly  filled  out.  These 
books  are  to  be  returned  to  the  delivery  desk. 

Persons  engaged  in  special  research,  if  satisfactorily  vouched  for, 
may  be  admitted  to  the  Stack  Rooms.  Application  for  this  privilege 
should  be  made  to  the  Reference  Librarians.  All  books  used  under  this 
provision  are  to  be  left  on  the  tables  in  the  Stack  Rooms. 

Books  not  suitable  for  general  use  may  be  consulted  only  upon 
registration  and  statement  of  satisfactory  reasons,  and  those  of  great 
value  or  rarity  only  in  the  presence  of  an  attendant. 

Writing  or  marking  in  books  belonging  to  the  Library,  their  mu- 
tilation in  any  manner,  and  their  removal  from  the  Library,  are  forbidden. 
The  tracing  of  plans  will  be  permitted  if  done  over  a  celluloid  cover, 
but  not  otherwise.  The  covers  will  be  furnished  upon  application  at 
the  delivery  desk. 

The  officials  of  the  Library  are  authorized  to  exclude  any  person  of 
unseemly  behavior  or  appearance,  and  any  one  wilfully  violating  its 
regulations. 

The  Reference  Librarians,  in  charge  of  the  Reading  Rooms,  will 
give  assistance  in  the  use  of  the  library. 


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